Karl Malone - Louisiana
The 2-time NBA MVP and 2-time gold medal winner Karl Malone is the co-founder of the Full Curl™ Society and made a substantial six-figure donation to get the FCS rolling. Karl completed his Full Curl™, and the story which appeared in Trophy Hunter magazine is linked below. Karl passed on an invitation to play in the NBA All Star Game where his nomination to the NBA Hall of Fame was made publi. He passed on that opportunity so he could attend the first annual Full Curl™ Hall of Fame Social. Karl is a very successful businessman outside of basketball with car dealerships, real estate developments and a timber harvest operation to his credit. He has built an incredible whitetail deer ranch near his home. Karl has donated in excess of $1 million to conservation and helping other hunters get hunts to see their dreams come true. Karl is the epitome of the Full Curl™ Hall of Fame.
Read about Karl Malone's Full Curl™
Royce "Woody" Wood - Las Vegas, Nevada
Woody put in his first guzzler over 40 years ago, and has worked with the Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn society ever since. He also served for 9 years on the FNAWS Board, and was chairman for a Year. Woody won his 3/4 Curl tag and finished his Full Curl™ in Wyoming after 40 years of hoping and dreaming. Woody has helped many other hunters get sheep, and also knows the true joy of the working man, finishing the Full Cur™l.
Billy Dunbar - Anchorage, Alaska
Billy has been on over 30 sheep hunts, helped guide over 35 other sheep hunts with friends and family and has donated well over $1 million in conservation tags and other conservation donations. Billy is excited to help get younger hunters excited about sheep hunting again, and rebuilding the Full Curl™ Dream. Billy was also instrumental in the AK FNAWS Chapter and getting the AK Governors tag established.
Randy Johnson - Marysvale, Utah
Randy grew up in a small, rural area, and developed a passionate love for wild places and wild things at an early age. He worked hard to put himself through college and has been a successful coach, teacher, educational administrator and superintendent in small town Utah for over 35 years. He's a published author and in his spare time has devoted years of his life to helping guide over 50 other hunters toward their goal of taking a Full Curl™ ram. His knowledge of the sheep hunting terrain in southern Utah is legendary. He knows what it means to make difficult personal and family sacrifices as he completed a Full Curl™ of his own several years ago. Randy is passionate about sheep hunting and works tirelessly to encourage all of his clients, many whom he guides for minimal fees, to get involved with Utah FNAWS, SFW, and other sportsmen groups. Randy has been a great help to countless hunters and shares our vision of doing what it takes to assist the working man get his Full Curl™ as well.
Collin Allan - Mapleton, Utah
Collin served on the Utah Wildlife Board for six key years and helped establish several key policies for Utah s successful wildlife conservation program, that will generate millions of dollars for many years into the future. Collin s son Clark has served on the Wildlife Commission of Wyoming and played a key role in getting wolves delisted in the West. Collins other son, Scott was Founder of SFW Idaho. Collin finished his Full Curl as has his son Scott. Son Clark has taken two sheep a 1/2 Curl™ member of the FCS, and Collin has two grandsons who have taken sheep and dream one day of finishing the Full Curl™.
Daniel Smith - San Jose, California
Dan, like Collin has made sheep hunting a family affair. Dan, his Son, and Grandson have all completed their Full Curls™ three generations of Full Curl™ Sheep hunters. Dan has been very active in supporting numerous conservation activities and has contributed well over $1 Million in conservation funds. Dan has shown extreme levels of hunter integrity over his hunting career, and has quietly done marvelous things for generations of sheep hunters.
Ray Lee - Cody Wyoming
Ray through his stellar work with Arizona Game and Fish, Mexico, FNAWS and the Desert Bighorn Society has probably had more to do with growing sheep herds and helping sheep hunters get their desert sheep than any other person in the history of North America. It would take a person of such exceptional contribution because of Ray Lee hundreds of hunters have had the opportunity to finish the Full Curl™ that Ray is in the Hall of Fame as the only person not to have actually taken all four sheep.
Ken Davis - Cedar City, Utah
Ken, like Collin Allan and Daniel Smith have made sheep hunting a family affair. Ken, his son Kenny and Daughter Kristin have all finished their Full Curl™, the only father, son and daughter team to do so. Ken has never missed a Utah FNAWS fundraiser, and he and his family have been key members of the SFW Chapter that has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for conservation. Ken has grandchildren who have taken some great bucks and bulls the direct result of their conservation efforts, and the Davis family is the best example of exceptional working class families who sacrifice, save, do it their self guided hunts and have reached the pinnacle of sheep hunting. They want to see the Full Curl™ Dream Stay alive for their grandchildren as well.
Carl Shores - Chandler Arizona
Carl grew up in Ohio, but read about sheep hunting from the late Jack O Connor and dreamed to hunt sheep. ON his first Arizona Sheep hunt, he fell of a ledge, smashed his face, broke his rifle, broke some ribs, but went back on the mountain and took his desert ram. After some 35 years of applying, last year Carl drew a Wyoming Bighorn to finish his dream of the Full Curl™. Carl has been involved in sheep conservation with the ADBS for years Two years ago, we had the privilege of hunting with Carl s son Ross via the SFW Hunts for Heros program. Ross was shot right between the eyes by a sniper in Iraq. His protective goggles saved him, and like his dad, was back on the battlefield a short time later. The Shores family are a great American family, who serves our country, provides us all the freedom to enjoy our passion of hunting with family and friends.
Lee Howard
Lee was the co-founder of Utah FNAWS and also served on the Utah Wildlife Board for many years. Lee has helped volunteer and take many sheep hunters on their sheep hunts. He has also helped several other sheep groups in their fundraising efforts, and has been instrumental in getting young hunters involved in attending conservation events. Lee completed his Full Curl™ with a Boone and Crockett Desert Bighorn.
Marc and Debbie Bingham - Arizona, Utah and Alaska
Marc has taken over 30 different sheep and Debbie completed her Full Curl™ as well. Marc worked for the BLM, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service before starting his own business. The Bingham s have recently donated $15 Million to build the Utah State University Engineering and Environment Center in Vernal Utah. And, they made one of the largest donations in conservation history by donating $4 Million to SFW to push our conservation mission over the top.
Dr. Richie Bland - Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Richie Bland is just one of a handful of hunters in the history of North American Hunters who have taken the North American 29 species with a bow. This of course means he has also taken the Full Curl of sheep with a bow, and along the way has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for the conservation of wild sheep and wildlife. Dr. Bland has been a supporter of many sportsmen conservation organizations and strongly believes in the mission of the Full Curl™ Society to expand our efforts for wild sheep conservation, and sharing the Full Curl™ Dream with as many hunters as possible.